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Radiohead are listed in the 2008 edition of TIME 100. The list of the World’s Most Influential People: leaders, thinkers, heroes, artists, scientists and more.
Edgar Bronfman Jr., CEO of Warner Music Group wrote the article, saying that after the groundbreaking release of Radiohead’s latest album, “the traditional record-label business modelâ€"the one based on controlling access [...]

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A month ago (April 1st), Radiohead launched their remix contest for latest single ‘Nude’. Uploading has now closed at radioheadremix.com.
Fans were able to download the ‘5 stems’ of the songs through iTunes, remix the track, upload it to radioheadremix.com and allowing the public to vote for the remixes. The downloads of the stems resulted in [...]

Radiohead new video 'All I Need' which shows the realities of human trafficking has premiered.

At Radiohead’s Dead Air Space a new message was posted, regarding the upcoming tour launching a new part of Radiohead.com all about the fans and the band’s carbon footprint.
“Radiohead take to the road on Monday (via a plane, unfortunately) to start in Florida with the first show of their 2008 tour. Following on from their posting [...]

Radiohead are appealing to fans to think about how they travel to and from shows.

Radiohead take to the road on Monday (via a plane, unfortunately) to start in Florida with the first show of their 2008 tour.

Following on from their posting on the 19th December and the commissioned report on touring and CO2 generation, weve developed a new section of the site that gig goers can visit: the most gigantic flying mouth for some time.

Here you can try out our carbon calculator and compare different transport methods for getting to and from the venue. The list of tour dates will give you public transport information where available, and where not, there may be venue incentives for car sharing. There will also be weekly postings from Radioheads production team on how the band has addressed their own touring carbon footprint and made it easier for fans to reduce theirs. You can discuss our successes and more importantly, our failings at waste-central, post up more local travel information where we havent and make friends with other people going to your show.

Hopefully see you on the tour!

Stream: The Cure: The Only One (snippet)
Video: The Cure: Never Enough (Live) [from the Cure Festival 2005 DVD]

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Radiohead have been nominated for Best Album at the MOJO Awards for their latest album ‘In Rainbows’.
The monthly UK Magazine nominated ‘In Rainbows’ for MOJO Honours List 2008 â€' the UK's annual awards ceremony for best album together with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!), Arctic Monkeys (Favourite Worst Nightmare), Duffy [...]

They turned the music sales model on its head, but Radiohead won’t be repeating their decision to let fans choose what to pay for their downloads, Thom Yorke told The Hollywood Reporter.
“I think it was a one-off response to a particular situation,” Yorke said of the band’s downloading policy for the album “In Rainbows.”
“It was [...]

Radiohead have donated a song to MTV to use in a human rights media campaign ‘EXIT’ (end exploitation and trafficking)
The video, which will premiere on MTV channels globally from May 1, features a split screen showing the day in the life of a well-off child from a western country and a poor child who is [...]

In Rainbows deal a 'one-off' says Thom Yorke, as the band donate track to MTV's anti-trafficking campaign

Radiohead have said that they won't let fans can choose how much to pay to download their new album, like they did with their most recent record 'In Rainbows'.

Radiohead say they will not repeat the pay-what-you-want offer used to launch current album In Rainbows.

"All I Need", quite possibly the sexiest song Radiohead has ever written, just became a hell of a lot less sexy...and a lot more important. For the video for the In Rainbows standout, Radiohead has partnered with MTV's EXIT (end exploitation and trafficking) campaign to create a clip that raises awareness of issues of forced labor and abuse around the world.

The Hollywood Reporter (via Billboard.com) reports that Thom Yorke lauded MTV for taking on such issues, given the fact that the network's hands aren't exactly clean. He said, "All power to MTV for taking this on because it's obviously going to be difficult for them in terms of the advertisers. If you talk about slave labor, then the issue of cheap goods from the East is all about that. With the ["All I Need"] video their lawyers had to beg to make sure there wasn't a single white [sneaker] with a logo on it because the implication would be a little too close. But the implication is still there. If [MTV] are able to break the taboo of enslavement and put it onto the agenda then its a good thing. If they get people to think in terms of the profits we make in the West because of cheap labor, then that's a good thing."

NME.com reports that the video was directed by John Seale and Steve Rogers. It was apparently supposed to premiere...

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More artists have been confirmed for the Daydream Festival in Barcelona. As reported earlier, Radiohead have had a hand in the festival line-up.
The June Festival at Barcelona’s Parc del Fòrum Auditorium already bands confirmed who have either supported the band on their tours or will be on their upcoming tour, including Clinic, Liars, Low, Bat [...]

Radiohead are supporting the campaign against human trafficking via a new promo video.